Investments & Funding
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Cargill backs Ghanaian AgriTech Challeng, Egypt’s agri-tech startup Baramoda wins social impact program
GHANA – Ghanaian impactor investor Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has announced OASAL Group and Fruitflour teams as the winners of the 2020 KIC AgriTech Challenge…
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IFAD to support Tanzanian farmers increase productivity, gain market access to ensure food security
TANZANIA – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is seeking to provide funding worth US$882,841 to Tanzania as part of its COVID-19 response in…
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Kenyan based aquaculture entity Victory Farms ropes in new investor, gets multi-million-dollar backing
KENYA – East Africa’s largest commercial fish farm, Victory Farms, has received a multi-million-dollar mezzanine debt investment from social impact investor specializing in the African…
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Kenyan retail startup MarketForce raises US$2m series A funding round, eyes Nigerian market
KENYA – Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce, has undertaken a Series A funding round, raising US$2 million to scale up operations. Existing investors such as P1…
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Aleph Farms closes $105M funding round to bring cell-based meat to market in 2022
ISRAEL – Aleph Farms, an Israeli cultured meat startup, has received US$105 million in a Series B investment round to scale up manufacturing capabilities in readiness for a…